Marjorie Taylor Greene Is not Pleased With Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has it out for Grok.

The Georgia Republican lit into the AI chatbot, which was created by Elon Musk’s xAI and is on the market to customers on X, on Friday after it known as her Christian beliefs into query.

“The judgement seat belongs to GOD, not you a non-human AI platform,” Greene wrote. “Grok is left leaning and continues to unfold pretend information and propaganda.”

The congresswoman additionally supplied a warning about AI chatbots generally, saying: “When folks hand over their very own discernment, cease searching for the reality, and rely upon AI to research info, they are going to be misplaced.”

In response to a put up from a person asking whether or not Greene was “actually a Christian,” the chatbot mentioned that the query was “subjective,” mentioning the congresswoman’s prior affiliation with the QAnon conspiracy concept and her self-declared standing as a Christian nationalist.

Whereas Greene contends that Groke has a left-leaning bias — a competition that many make about AI — the chatbot took a distinct flip not too long ago, citing the subject of “white genocide” in South Africa in response to unrelated inquiries.

And in accordance with paperwork beforehand obtained by BI, xAI has been coaching the chatbot particularly to keep away from being “woke” like different chat bots. “The final thought appears to be that we’re coaching the MAGA model of ChatGPT,” one xAI employee instructed BI in February.

Spokespeople for Greene and xAI didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

The congresswoman has additionally beforehand praised Grok, writing on X in September that she was “impressed how a lot Grok is aware of”